Keene State College / MCST Transition Resources

"In our professional development, we work with interdisciplinary teams to increase their capacity to implement three elements necessary to support college and career competencies (CCC) for all students: Collaboration between all stakeholders (e.g., administrators, general and special educators, counselors, service providers, families, etc.) Multi-tiered instruction and intervention Effective use of data to inform decisions at multiple levels"

YESS:Youth Empowerment Support Services is a peer mentoring program located in Denver, CO.

Creating brochures,, web, artwork, video..etc.

"Alternative Assessment Strategies There are many ways to assess students' mastery of material besides multiple choice examinations. What follows are some examples of alternative assessments that you might consider."

"For many courses of varying format and size, across many disciplines, reasonable alternatives to traditional tests (i.e., paper-based T/F or Multiple Choice) exist. In fact, oftentimes the alternatives may even be advantageous to promote student learning and be more authentic means of students demonstrating what they have learned at the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (synthesis, analysis, evaluation)."

"In honor of the 2016 Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) in Myrtle Beach, SC we are making a draft version of our Early Steps to Self-Determination curriculum available for preview for a limited time. We hope you are all enjoying the beach, the sunsets and each other. We also hope you enjoy trying out the curriculum. We welcome any feedback that you have for us.  Click below to download."

A project of the VA Department of Education, the I'm Determined website offers resources for youth, families, and educators around self-determination. Self-determination is about youth with disabilities taking control of their lives. Resources include videos, modules, a transition guide, downloadable brochures, and more.

Transition as a K-12 concept and the taxonomy.

"Schools districts in Kentucky are focusing efforts to diversify the teaching profession starting in high school through the Young Male Leadership Academy. Teaching professionals are still largely represented by white women and to break that trend Kentucky stakeholders are educating young men of color on the benefits of teaching, and also, attending college."

"With each Check & Connect training we conduct, we feel (and often hear) the same frustration when it comes to parental involvement in school. What is interesting, is that after we discuss Check & Connect's belief in family engagement versus parental involvement, I hear new and creative ways that school staff are reaching out and engaging families, often without even realizing it."

"Transforming the neighborhood school: Madison's community schools initiative will bring services and support to students and their families"

"A new Department of Public Instruction webpage and video explore best ways of implementing the practice of co-teaching, in order to help all children, including those with disabilities, succeed. The DPI invites comments about co-teaching from Wisconsin educators through a simple form at dpi.wi.gov/sped/educators/consultation/co-teaching, a page which is still evolving."

"Participants will understand that students with severe developmental disabilities will also need some intensive, systematic instruction to learn priority content, which can be embedded in the milieu of a general education classroom. Participants will learn what to teach as well as how to teach through systematic instruction and best practices for supporting students with severe disabilities in order to improve their outcomes. Through this CEM, participants will learn how to plan instruction to provide students with severe disabilities opportunities to learn academic content linked to state standards as well as the social, daily living, and job skills needed for life after high school."